“…Poucher has found a different approach to the material, emphasizing the contributions of five individuals who, when confronted by the committee, fought back through lawsuits, cleverly combative testimony, and, in the case of gay individuals, refusing to name names.”… read more

What makes Communists and Perverts Under the Palms a penetrating read is not only its chronicling of a microcosm of the fight against civil rights, but its implications for how that fight is still by waged by cultural conservatives today…. read more

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Our sponsors

This organization is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

The Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices is made possible, in part, by a generous contribution by the Amazon Literary Partnership

This website is supported, in part, by a grant from The David Bohnett Foundation

Lambda Literary is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Lambda Literary is supported in part by an grant from the California Arts Council

This program is sponsored, in part, by a grant from the City of LA Department of Cultural Affairs.

This program is presented with the support of the City of West Hollywood’s WeHo Arts program.